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Woodworking Forum => Woodworking Forum => Topic started by: john k on June 25, 2013, 09:44:26 AM
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I sort of have a thing for these, I guess its the gizmoscity, they do seem to accumulate. The top one is the Yankee-North Bros. I found 2 weeks ago, and overpaid for, but darnit I like the thing. Good wood parts and a perfect chuck. It is a model No.445, only missing the bits in the hollow handle. Next down is the Millers Falls I found at Walnut, Iowa. Dirty, but really only needing some lube, and the chuck is perfect. Model 77A, white metal frame, but its a good one. Bottom is a Goodell & Pratt, forget the number, but works great. Someone did some digging, what came first the eggbeater, or the eggbeater drill? The eggbeater has an earlier patent!
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That top one is the scarcest of the whole Yankee family, so you couldn't have done very wrong.
If not now, eventually there will a Yankee fad like no other drill fad ever!
Yours will be in the spotlight --bigtime--.
yours Scott
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Concur on the North Bros. drills. The Millers-Falls No. 2 has a strong reputation, but both the examples I own have floppy handles because they used cheap wood on the handles. My North Bros. drills are all three still rock-solid. Plus they were made in the city of my sweetheart's birth (Philadelphia), which adds a little extra pizzazz to them for me.
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I've "accumulated" a few of those myself. Here's a nice Millers Falls #5 I got for $2, a Dunlap I restored, and I know I have a small Stanley Handiman laying around somewhere. They do come in handy at times.
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Three? You've only got three? Lazy bum!